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    Behavioral and Social Cognitive Approaches Jesse Espinoza Yulina Cordero PSY/250 October 21‚ 2010 Behavioral and Social Cognitive Approaches Habits is an acquired behavioral pattern regularly followed until has become almost involuntary. A he may not know what his habits are because he so accustomed. If a person waking up early every morning to go do work he will just do it even when his day off is. Learning how and where this habits come is something that many are not sure in until

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    Theories of Mass Media and its Social Impacts‚ 1950 – 1970. By Scott D. Herrington Since the invention of technologies such as the telegraph‚ radio and eventually television‚ which enabled communications “produced at a single source [to be] transmitted to an infinitely large audience” (Fearing‚ F. 1954)‚ the social impacts of communications via mass media have been a subject of intense research by political and social scientists. This literature review intends to examine the major theories

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    The Social Cognitive Perspective The Social Cognitive Perspective is a psychological theory on personality founded by Albert Bandura that paved the way for Behaviorism. In short‚ the perspective basically states that we learn by observing others or conditioning and model our behaviors after those situations. Mental processes are also emphasized in this theory‚ hence the “cognitive” aspect. Bandura’s perspective focuses on how we interact with our environments and the events we experience. Several

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    Change Theories Alicia Kritsonis MBA Graduate Student California State University‚ Dominquez Hills ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to summarize several change theories and assumptions about the nature of change. The author shows how successful change can be encouraged and facilitated for long-term success. The article compares the characteristics of Lewin’s Three-Step Change Theory‚ Lippitt’s Phases of Change Theory‚ Prochaska and DiClemente’s Change TheorySocial Cognitive Theory‚ and

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    In 1941 Miller and Dollard proposed the theory of social learning. In 1963 Bandura and Walters broadened the social learning theory with the principles of observational learning and vicarious reinforcement. Bandura provided his concept of self-efficacy in 1977‚ while he refuted the traditional learning theory for understanding learning. The Social Cognitive Theory is a theory that deals with cognitive‚ emotional aspects and aspects of behavior for understanding behavioral change. It is a belief

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    situations that may occur. Let alone‚ my personal characteristics that makes me have these reactions‚ to the situations. Considering‚ the health behavioral theory that I have chosen to write about is‚ the Social Cognitive Theory. The Social Cognitive Theory is a theory deeply rooted from the behaviorism framework. The Social Cognitive Theory is‚ “based on the concept of reciprocal determinism”‚ which is the inventive interaction between personal factors‚ the environment‚ and behavior. Which bring

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    LEARNING THEORIES AND TEACHING INTRODUCTION “learning is commonly defined as a process that brings together cognitive‚ emotional‚ and environmental influences and experiences for acquiring ‚ enhancing‚ or making changes in one’s knowledge‚ skills‚ values and world views” ( llleris‚2000; Ormord‚1995). This process could be explained through several theories‚ some of which include ; behavioral‚ cognitive‚ constructivist‚ and social cognitive learning theories. Presently teachers make use

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    Robert Agnew published the general strain theory of crime and delinquency in 1992 as an improvement upon previous strain theory arguments proposed by Merton (1938)‚ A. Cohen (1955)‚ and Cloward and Ohlin (1960). The general strain theory explains crime and delinquency at an individual level‚ with a particular focus in social-psychological factors in the individual’s life. Despite the individualized approach‚ general strain theory includes some discussions of implications on the macro-‚ or structural

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    Theories Help Explain Drunk Driving Taylor Forté February 5‚ 2014 HDFS 2400 University of Missouri Fall 2013 ID: 333795 and Keycode: 2476 Theories Help Explain Drunk Driving Driving while intoxicated persists to be a major problem amongst teenage drivers. Although there are many precautions taken in order to prevent this type of activity‚ whether by the school‚ media or parents’‚ teens proceed to place themselves into these very high risk situations. These persistent

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    Social Disorganization Social disorganization is people having adverse social attitudes within an area.  With a certain group being able to have control over a certain area.  In the Dudley Street case‚ the goal was to get the neighborhood together.   Also‚ let the next towns know that they are protesting being the dumping area anymore.  The neighborhood also changed their attitudes about looking at their neighborhood as the “ghetto”.  The main focus in the planning part was to get grant money and

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